I have always been - I think any student of history almost inevitably is - a cheerful pessimist.

Of course, clothing fashions have always been impractical, except in Tahiti.

If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years.

The truth is, when all is said and done, one does not teach a subject, one teaches a student how to learn it.

If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.

Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game - and do it by watching first some high school or small-town teams.

Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.

The soul of Dr. Mrs. Lailah Gifty Akita is the spirit of light and love.

I wasn't exactly good with children. I wasn't bad with them, as such. I just wasn't around them much and, because of that, when I was, they freaked me out because I didn't know what to do with them.

Everything works out in the end. if it hasn't worked out yet, then it's not the end.

Those who call the shots are never in the line of fire.

People speculated that signing Raja was an insurance policy. That is not the case. We signed Raja Bell because we thought we were greatly improving our team, the makeup of the organization.

When I'm playing guitar, I just try and put those words into lyrics and just try a few things. It's all over the place.

Most of my subject matter was all kind of, like, party stuff, jewelry and cars. It was really just, you know, shallow.

But what if we are dealing with fools?

The process is the reality.

You aren’t old enough to have such regrets.” “Pain doesn’t respect age, my lady.